Midnight Eye.

You may have noticed I've been a little preoccupied with the Cannes Film Festival this past week and a half or so, during which time a few new issues of notable publications have appeared, namely, Midnight Eye, Criticine, and just today, the "Summer Film 06" issue of Los Angeles CityBeat.

But they're certainly worth running through now and taking notes for when things calm down a bit, perhaps over the long weekend. Starting with Midnight Eye, Tom Mes interviews Kankuro Kudo, "the current golden boy of Japanese film," and reviews Takashi Miike's Big Bang Love, Juvenile A and Shion Sono's Strange Circus: "Ero-guro is back."

Jasper Sharp reviews Akira Mizuta Lippit's Atomic Light (Shadow Optics), which seems like a fascinating read, and Norifumi Suzuki's 1974 nunsploitation flick, School of the Holy Beast.

Jonathan Clements has a feature on voice-acting in anime and Adam Campbell reviews Kentaro Otani's Nana.

Posted by dwhudson at May 26, 2006 8:42 AM